226 SHORES AND SURFACE-DRAINS. lO. 



mer, a kind of ordinary pafturage to young 

 {lock. In the winter months they are gene- 

 rally buried under water, and in the fummer 

 months are fubjed to be ovevflowed. 



The remedy in this cafe (and in other cafes 

 of a fimilar nature, — of which almofl every 

 Diflridt in the kingdom affords an inftance) is, 

 to BANK OUT THE RIVER, which winds 

 through the middle of it ; and, in doing this, 



TO SINK A COMMON SHORE ON THE OUTER 

 SIDE OF EACH EMBANKMENT. 



If, at the lower end of thefe f/jores^ the 

 niVER lies fufficiently lo-w at the time of dead 

 water to receive, freely, the drainage of the 

 marfli, the work may be completed with an 

 inconfidcrcible expenditure, compared with 

 the macrnitude of improvements of this na- 

 ture. Flood gates, placed at the outlets, 

 to five vent to the furface waters colkdcd 

 within the fite of improvement, and to pre- 

 vent the waters of the river in time of llood 

 from Piowing back upon it — are the only ad- 

 ditional requifite. 



If the furface of the river at dead water 

 fhould be found to lie too hi^b for the nectf. 



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